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Family Trees in Ovid's Metamorphoses

by Elisa Barbierato & Spencer Scorcelletti

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Dashed lines join partners who were not married. Lighter backgrounds signify a parent who comes from outside the same family.

The Olympians

From Gaia and Uranos to the children of Jove GaiaTerra UranosCaelus CronusSaturn HestiaVesta PoseidonNeptune HadesPluto DemeterCeres ZeusJove PersephoneProserpina Apollo ArtemisDiana HermesMercury DionysusBacchus AresMarte HeraJuno HephaestusVulcano RheaOpis AphroditeVenus ErosCupido Leto Maia Semele
From Gaia and Uranos to the children of Jove

The Titans

The children of Gaia and Uranos, and their descendants descendants of thesurvivors of the flood Gaia Iapetus Epimetheus Pyrrha Prometheus Deucalion (also siblings to thoseborn from the stones) Atlas Tethys Peneus Daphneturned into a laurel asshe was escaping Apollo Inachus Ioturned into a calf becauseof her love with Jove Philyra Chiron Ocyrhoeturned into a horse aftersaying a prophecyregarding her father Oceanus Cronus Olympians Rhea Uranos Pandora Chariclo
The children of Gaia and Uranos, and their descendants

Jove and Leto

The children of Jove and Leto, and of Apollo Jove Apollo Asclepius Phaethusaturned into a tree afterthe death of her brother Lampetiaturned into a tree afterthe death of her brother Phaethondied trying to drive theSun’s chariot Diana Leto Sthenelus Cygnusturned into a swan afterthe death of his lover Coronischeated on Apollo and waskilled by him, because theraven snitched Clymene
The children of Jove and Leto, and of Apollo

The House of Agenor

Agenor's children Europa and Cadmus, and Cadmus' grandchildren Agenor Europa Epaphusfrenemy of Phaethon Cadmus Semeletricked by Juno intoasking Jove to show herhis true divine form Bacchus Ino Autonoe Actaeonsaw Diana naked, wasturned into a deer andkilled by his own dogs Agave Pentheusagainst Bacchus; killed byhis own mother and aunt Joveas a bull Jove Echionone of the Spartoi, bornof the dragon’s teeth
Agenor's children Europa and Cadmus, and Cadmus' grandchildren

Other Families

Lycaön, Cecrops, Epopeus and Arestor, and their children Lycaönturned into a wolf becauseof his impiety Callistoturned into a bear Arcasturned into aconstellation with hisbear mother Cecropsfirst king of Athens Herseloved by Mercury Aglaurosdisobeyed Athena and sawErichthonius; for this,Envy made her turn intomarble Pandrosos Epopeus Nyctimenehad sex with her fatherand was turned by Athenainto an owl Arestor Arguswith many eyes, a servantof Juno killed by Mercuryto save Io; his eyesadorned Juno’s bird’sfeathers (the peacock) Joveas Diana
Lycaön, Cecrops, Epopeus and Arestor, and their children

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